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St Andrew's First Aid is a charity based in Scotland.Founded in 1882, St Andrew's Ambulance Association was Scotland's first ambulance service.From 1967, the St. Andrew's Scottish Ambulance Service was the sole contractor for the provision of the ambulance service, until 1974, when the National Health Service (NHS) was reorganised and St Andrew's ambulance role was absorbed into the Scottish ...
The reverse features a design of both the Geneva and St Andrew's crosses to denote the two qualifying organisations. Between the upper arms of the St Andrew's Cross is the text LONG AND EFFICIENT SERVICE. The medal was originally made of silver, later of silver plated copper, and since the 1960s of copper-nickel. It is suspended from a straight ...
Fraser was a member of the St Andrews Ambulance Association and a trained nurse. At the outbreak of the First World War she volunteered alongside others such as suffragette doctor Elsie Inglis, [8] with Grace Symonds and Dr Elizabeth Ross (1877-1915) to create the Scottish Women's Hospitals in Serbia under the overall umbrella of the French Red ...
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After British Red Cross withdrew from the service in 1967, the service was renamed the St Andrew's Scottish Ambulance Service. [12] In 1974, with the reorganisation of the Scottish health services, ambulance provision in Scotland was taken over by the Scottish NHS, with the organisational title being shortened to the current Scottish Ambulance ...
St Andrews (Latin: S. Andrea(s); [3] Scots: Saunt Aundraes; [4] Scottish Gaelic: Cill Rìmhinn, pronounced [kʰʲɪʎˈrˠiː.ɪɲ]) [5] is a town on the east coast of Fife in Scotland, 10 miles (16 kilometres) southeast of Dundee and 30 miles (50 kilometres) northeast of Edinburgh.
Saint Andrew's Society refers to one of many independent organizations celebrating Scottish heritage which can be found all over the world.. Some Saint Andrew's Societies limit membership to people born in Scotland or their descendants.
St Andrews is home to several other private clubs, such as The Kensington Club, founded in 1739 by Alexander Laird Balgonie and is an all-male dining club that organises private events for members. [194] [195] The St Andrews Fight Club hosts an annual boxing match, training 20 amateur boxers in an intensive course. [196] [197]